“Things don’t always turn out the way we want them to, how we imagined they could have been. Before events are committed to history, the possibilities are limitless in our minds. But when that cruel dividing line between the past and the present passes over events in our lives, there is nothing more that we can do or change. It is in moments of disappointment and regret that we realize the unfortuante truth — that we live in the present, sitting on a point in time on an infinite line that never stops moving forward. So, no matter what you have done or not done, whatever mistakes you have made, there is nothing to do but to keep on moving on. Some people will forget, some people will forgive, and those who can’t do either will be prisoners to their past. As long as we do the best with what we have and accept the consequeces, life’s bitter pills can be swallowed without long-lasting effect. And the most important thing — in the wise, wise words someone wrote on an autographed headshot of Arsenio Hall . . . is to ‘Think like a winner!’ and everything will be okay.” — Claudia Wu
This is the editor’s letter from a cool little magazine I picked up yesterday.
Remember Arsenio?
Remember 1991?
Wow.
too bad the link seems to be a little messed up — their page isn’t viewing correctly. i like the idea of the magazine, though — and that it’s called “me” even though it’s ostensibly about friendship circles (”more than me”). but of course i would think that, having just finished a book about a friendship circle. do they only include the central person’s famous friends? or do they include regular folks too?
My strategy is to forget. I advise it for others. It works.